Browse: The Choir of St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York (choir)

‘Blagoslovi, dushe moya’ [is] daringly slow; Scott knew the capabilities of his singers, however, and it works superbly, with Ory Brown the excellent soloist...It is a magnificent rendition,... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016 More…

[Scott's] sudden death earlier this year makes Dancing Day perhaps the most poignant of discs and bears testament to his phenomenal musicianship and taste. The choir is absolutely secure from... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2015 More…

The standard of the boys’ singing as shown here is extremely high: radiant tone, good words and intelligent phrasing…the blend of the whole choir is excellent. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This release of two gems of the choral repertoire, sung with both passion and poise, makes an ideal memorial to conductor John Scott, who died in post in 2015. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Appointed the church’s organist and music director in 2019 he deploys all five instruments at his disposal...An impressive ‘tour’, then, both of St Thomas’s instrumental largesse, and Bach’s... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Scott’s mastery of his vocal forces is exemplary and the choir’s distinctive sound has been well captured in the excellent remastering of the original recording. — Choir & Organ, June 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Much of the music is ecstatically exciting, and the current iteration of the St. Thomas Choir respond with admirable fervor and enthusiasm. — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2021 More…

No stranger to generous acoustics. [Scott] makes some surprising choices in this disc, sometimes using the acoustic to glorious rhetorical effect, sometimes using the acoustic to glorious rhetorical... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…